CN110659884A

CN110659884A - Electronic visa application method and device

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Publication number: CN110659884A
Application number: CN201910960505.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵苗苗; 连渠; 王剑峰; 刘阳
Original assignee: Alipay Hangzhou Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Alipay Hangzhou Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-10
Filing date: 2019-10-10
Publication date: 2020-01-07
Also published as: TW202115669A; WO2021068629A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the specification provides an electronic visa application method and device, wherein the electronic visa application method comprises the following steps: receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user through a third-party platform aiming at a visa application place, and displaying an information acquisition page according to the application instruction; acquiring application materials input by a user based on the acquisition subpages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page; after the application material is input, the third-party platform sends the application material to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification; and after the visa service organization finishes the verification, the verification result is sent to a third-party platform, and the third-party platform receives the material verification result returned by the visa service organization and updates the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material verification result.

Description

Electronic visa application method and device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the specification relates to the technical field of internet, in particular to an electronic visa application method. One or more embodiments of the present specification also relate to an electronic visa application apparatus, a computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

Background

With the upgrade of domestic consumer markets, the heat tide of outbound travel is emerged in recent years. And a visa is a document issued by a national entry and exit authority (e.g., immigration office or its embassy) to a foreign citizen indicating approval for entry. Therefore, the visa is an important node for determining whether the user can go out smoothly or not finally. Different countries have different processing modes for visas, for example, some countries may not sign, some countries issue common visas, and some countries issue ground visas.

In view of the prior art, if a user needs to transact a common visa, the applicant needs to post a passport and other related materials to a visa application place and perform visa application in an entry and exit management organization set in a country to which the user belongs, or the applicant carries the related materials to the entry and exit management organization set in the country to which the user belongs to perform visa application, if the user needs to transact a floor visa, the applicant needs to hold materials such as a passport and an entry permit certificate issued by a state shutdown switch and arrive at a port of the country and then issue the visa, no matter which kind of visa is applied, the user needs to fill in a related visa application form, prepare the materials, prepare the visa certificate and the like offline, the process is long in time consumption, the visa efficiency is low, and therefore, a high-efficiency visa processing method is urgently needed.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present specification provides an electronic visa application method. One or more embodiments of the present specification also relate to an electronic visa application apparatus, a computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium to address technical deficiencies in the prior art.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present specification, there is provided an electronic visa application method, including:

receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user aiming at a visa application place, and displaying an information acquisition page according to the application instruction;

acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition subpages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page;

the application material is sent to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification;

and receiving a material auditing result returned by the visa service organization, and updating the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material auditing result.

Optionally, after the step of receiving a material audit result returned by the visa service organization and updating the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material audit result is executed, the method further includes:

receiving the electronic visa returned by the visa service organization and providing an inbound preparation material downloading interface for the user under the condition that the electronic visa application state is updated to be visa application success;

receiving an electronic visa downloading request sent by the user through the inbound preparation material downloading interface;

and downloading and displaying the electronic visa to the user according to the electronic visa downloading request.

under the condition that the electronic visa application state is updated to be the visa application success, generating the inbound guidance material according to the inbound program of the visa application place and the arrival airport information of the user, and providing an inbound preparation material downloading interface for the user;

receiving an inbound guidance material downloading request sent by the user through the inbound preparation material downloading interface;

and displaying the inbound guidance material to the user according to the inbound guidance material downloading request.

providing a material additional recording interface for the user under the condition that the electronic visa application state is updated to the application returned state;

receiving a material supplement and record request sent by the user through the material supplement and record interface and displaying a material supplement and record sub-page to the user;

acquiring the material to be recorded input by the user based on the material additional recording sub-page;

under the condition that the input of the materials to be supplemented is detected to be finished, sending the materials to be supplemented to a visa service mechanism for secondary material examination and verification;

and receiving a secondary material auditing result returned by the visa service organization, and updating the electronic visa application state of the user according to the secondary material auditing result.

Optionally, after the step of receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user for a visa application place and displaying an information collection page according to the application instruction is executed, before the step of obtaining application materials input by the user based on collection sub-pages corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, the method further includes:

detecting touch click operation of the user on different controls in the information acquisition page;

and under the condition that the user clicks the information prompt function control, displaying prompt information corresponding to the information prompt function control to the user.

and under the condition that the user clicks the immediate application control, displaying the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items to the user according to a preset display sequence.

Optionally, the obtaining of the application material input by the user based on the collection sub-page corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page includes:

displaying an acquisition sub-page corresponding to the ith information acquisition item to the user according to a preset display sequence, wherein i belongs to [1, n ], n represents the total item number of the information acquisition items, and both i and n are positive integers;

judging whether i is equal to n or not under the condition that the application material input by the user based on the acquisition subpage corresponding to the ith information acquisition item is detected to meet the preset condition;

if yes, under the condition that the user clicks a submission control, the step of sending the application material to a visa service mechanism for material verification is executed;

if not, increasing the item i by itself by 1, and returning to the step of displaying the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the item i information acquisition item to the user according to the preset display sequence.

Optionally, the application material comprises text material and/or picture material;

correspondingly, the acquiring of the application material input by the user based on the acquisition subpage corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page includes:

and acquiring text materials and/or picture materials input by the user based on the acquisition subpages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page.

Optionally, the application material comprises textual material and/or pictorial material;

acquiring associated personal attribute information in the account information of the user;

inputting text materials to be filled in on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page according to the personal attribute information;

and acquiring the picture material uploaded by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page by the user.

Optionally, after the step of obtaining the application material input by the user based on the collection sub-page corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, before the step of sending the application material to a visa service organization for material auditing is executed, the method further includes:

respectively extracting the text information and the picture information in the text material and the picture material;

judging whether the character information is consistent with the picture information;

if yes, executing the step of sending the application material to a visa service organization for material checking.

and if so, associating and storing the text information or the picture information.

Optionally, the electronic visa application method further includes:

receiving a visa application record viewing instruction submitted by the user aiming at a visa application place, and displaying a visa application record page according to the viewing instruction, wherein the visa application record page comprises visa application time, visa types, visa application states and visa application flow sheet numbers;

detecting a touch operation instruction acted on any one visa application record in the visa application record page by the user;

if the touch operation instruction is a viewing instruction, displaying detailed information of any visa application record;

and if the touch operation instruction is a deletion instruction, deleting any visa application record.

According to a second aspect of embodiments herein, there is provided an electronic visa application apparatus, comprising:

the system comprises an instruction receiving module, an information collecting module and an information collecting module, wherein the instruction receiving module is configured to receive an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user aiming at a visa application place and display an information collecting page according to the application instruction;

the material acquisition module is configured to acquire application materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page;

the material sending module is configured to send the application material to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification;

and the updating module is configured to receive a material auditing result returned by the visa service organization and update the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material auditing result.

According to a third aspect of embodiments herein, there is provided a computing device comprising:

a memory and a processor;

the memory is to store computer-executable instructions, and the processor is to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments herein, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform any one of the steps of the method for electronic visa application.

An embodiment of the specification realizes that an electronic ground visa application function is provided for a user by utilizing a third-party platform, the user is received, the third-party platform provides an electronic visa application instruction for the visa application filed, application materials input by the user based on the collection sub-pages corresponding to the information collection items in the information collection page are obtained, after the user finishes inputting the application materials, the third-party platform sends the application materials to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification, the user is not required to carry paper application materials to carry out under-line visa, the time required by the visa application process is greatly reduced, and the processing efficiency of the ground visa application is improved.

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FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of a method for electronic visa application provided in one embodiment of the present description;

fig. 2A to fig. 2E are schematic diagrams of an information collection page provided in an embodiment of the present specification;

fig. 3A to 3E are schematic diagrams of an acquisition subpage provided in an embodiment of the present specification;

fig. 4A to 4D are schematic views of visa application status pages provided in an embodiment of the present specification;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application record page of an electronic visa application method provided in an embodiment of the present specification;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic visa application apparatus provided in one embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a block diagram of a computing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present description. This description may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make and use the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

The terminology used in the description of the one or more embodiments is for the purpose of describing the particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the description of the one or more embodiments. As used in one or more embodiments of the present specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used in one or more embodiments of the present specification refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, etc. may be used in one or more embodiments of the present description to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, a first can also be referred to as a second and, similarly, a second can also be referred to as a first without departing from the scope of one or more embodiments of the present description. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

In the present specification, an electronic visa application method is provided, and the present specification relates to an electronic visa application apparatus, a computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium, which are described in detail one by one in the following embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of a method for electronic visa application, including steps 102-108, provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

And 102, receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user aiming at a visa application place, and displaying an information acquisition page according to the application instruction.

A visa is a document issued by a national entry and exit authority (e.g., the immigration office or its embassy) to a foreign citizen indicating approval for entry.

The ground visa means that a user cannot directly obtain visas going to other countries from the country, but holds materials such as passports and entry permit certificates issued by the state power-off gateway and the like, and then issues visas after the materials arrive at the port of the country.

In the prior art, if a user needs to transact a floor visa, materials such as a designated certificate photo, complete personal data, an identity card, a passport, visa fee, an air ticket, an order of a hotel on the couch and the like need to be prepared in advance, and the materials are carried to a designated window of an airport for transacting; in addition, if the user needs to transact the common visa, the applicant is required to send the passport and other related materials to the entry and exit management institution established in the country where the user belongs to the visa application place for visa application, or the applicant carries the related materials to the entry and exit management institution established in the country where the user belongs to the visa application place for visa application, and the two visa transaction modes have long time and low efficiency.

The electronic visa application method that this specification embodiment provided is applied to the third party platform, the third party platform can be third party payment platform or third party service platform, through the third party platform opens the electron for the user and falls to the ground visa application function, if the user passes through the third party platform submits the electron to the visa application ground and falls to the ground visa application instruction, then does the user demonstrates information acquisition page, because different visas application ground has the difference to the requirement of handling the required material of visa, so the information acquisition page that different visas application ground correspond is probably different, with the visa application ground is the T nation for the example, if the user submits the T nation electron and falls to the ground visa application instruction, then does the information acquisition page that the user demonstratees is as shown in fig. 2A.

A user may input arrival time in the information collection page shown in fig. 2A, arrive at an airport, and click the immediate application control to apply for the electronic floor visa, or click four information prompt function controls in the electronic floor visa small strategy to view prompt information about the electronic floor visa, so after the information collection page is displayed to the user, a touch click operation of the user on the information collection page needs to be detected, and different operation processing is performed according to different touch click operations.

In an embodiment provided by this specification, a touch click operation performed by a user on different controls in an information collection page is detected, and if the user clicks an information prompt function control, the method includes the following steps:

Specifically, still taking the visa application place as country T as an example, if the user clicks the on-line application information prompt function control, the materials (including the round-trip ticket itinerary, the passport, the hotel reservation order, and the white background color certificate photo) required for applying the electronic floor visa are displayed for the user, and the specific display result is shown in fig. 2B;

if the user clicks the entry information prompt function control in the electronic floor sign small strategy, displaying materials (including an electronic floor visa and a passport) required to be carried by the entry for the user, wherein a specific display result is shown in fig. 2C; if the user clicks the printing material information prompt function control, displaying the materials (including the electronic floor visa and the entry guide) to be printed before entry for the user, wherein the specific display result is shown in fig. 2D; if the user clicks the inbound information prompt function control, the materials (including the electronic floor visa and the passport) to be carried before inbound are displayed for the user, and the specific display result is shown in fig. 2E.

In addition, the user can click the viewing control at the upper right corner of the different materials to view the specific example diagrams of the different materials, taking the materials as the passport as an example, if the user clicks the viewing control at the upper right corner of the passport in fig. 2E, the passport cover schematic diagram and the personal information page schematic diagram of the passport are displayed for the user to refer to.

If the user clicks the information prompt function control, the prompt information corresponding to the information prompt function control is displayed for the user, so that the user can more quickly and conveniently know information such as materials required by the electronic floor visa application, the cost required to be paid, the materials required to be prepared for entry and the like, the time is saved for the user to carry out the electronic floor visa application, and the user experience is improved.

In an embodiment provided by this specification, a touch click operation of a user on different controls in an information acquisition page is detected, and if the user clicks an immediate application control, the touch click operation can be implemented through the following steps:

Specifically, if the user inputs the arrival time, arrives at the airport, and clicks the immediate application control, the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item is displayed for the user.

In practical application, the third-party platform may set, for the user, a display order of the collection sub-pages corresponding to each information collection item, taking the display order as air ticket information, passport information, accommodation information, and certificate photo in sequence as an example, and when it is detected that the user clicks the immediate application control, the collection sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information is displayed for the user first, and a specific collection sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information is shown in fig. 3A. A user needs to input arrival time, arrival airport, inbound flight number, return time and departure flight number on the acquisition sub-page shown in fig. 3A, upload one ticket travel sheet original for each of the forward travel and the return travel, and the user can click the draft storage control at the lower left corner of fig. 3A to store information in the information input and picture uploading processes; after detecting that the user inputs all application materials required by the collecting sub-page, displaying the collecting sub-page corresponding to the passport information to the user, wherein the specific collecting sub-page corresponding to the passport information is shown in fig. 3B and 3C; after detecting that the user inputs all application materials required by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the passport information, displaying the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the accommodation information to the user, wherein the specific acquisition sub-page corresponding to the accommodation information is shown in fig. 3D; after detecting that the user inputs all application materials required by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the lodging information, the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the certificate photo is displayed to the user, the specific acquisition sub-page corresponding to the certificate photo is shown in fig. 3E, and after detecting that the user uploads the certificate photo, an application material submission button can be provided for the user so as to send the application materials to a visa service organization for material verification.

The required material of visa application is fallen to the ground to user's accessible third party platform on-line input electron, need not to carry the paper application material and signs under the line, is favorable to reducing the required time of spending of application visa, improves visa application efficiency.

And 104, acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition subpages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page.

Specifically, when the user clicks the immediate application control, a collecting sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information is displayed for the user; in practical application, due to the fact that materials required for applying the electronic floor visas of different visas application places are different, namely information acquisition items are different, and under the condition that the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items have a preset display sequence, the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items need to be sequentially displayed according to the preset display sequence, and application materials input by a user based on the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items are acquired;

if the required information acquisition items of the electronic floor visa of the visa application place are n items, acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page, wherein the application materials are specifically input by the user through the following steps:

Taking the application place of the visa as the country T as an example, the electronic floor visa of the country T is applied for the information acquisition items of 4 items, that is, n is equal to 4, and the preset display sequence of the 4 information acquisition items sequentially includes air ticket information, passport information, accommodation information and certificate photo, and when it is detected that the user clicks the immediate application control, the user is first displayed with the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the information acquisition item of which the i is equal to 1, that is, the user is first displayed with the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information, and the specific acquisition sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information is shown in fig. 3A.

Acquiring arrival time, arrival airport, inbound flight number, return time, departure flight number and uploaded departure and return flight itineraries input by a user on an acquisition sub-page corresponding to air ticket information, judging that i is not equal to 4 when the situation that the information required to be acquired by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the air ticket information is acquired is detected, displaying an acquisition sub-page corresponding to an information acquisition item with the i being equal to 2 to the user, namely displaying the acquisition sub-page corresponding to passport information to the user, and acquiring a passport cover, a personal information page, a passport number input by the user and other related attribute information uploaded by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the passport information by the user; then, displaying an acquisition sub-page corresponding to the accommodation information and an acquisition sub-page corresponding to the certificate photo for the user in sequence, acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-pages, and displaying a submission control to the user when detecting that the acquisition of the information required to be acquired by the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the certificate photo is completed;

and if the user clicks the submission control, the third-party platform sends the application material input by the user to a visa service mechanism for material verification, and waits for a material verification result.

In the actual operation process, a user can click a storage control in a graph to store information in the processes of information input and picture uploading, after the situation that the user inputs all application materials required by the acquisition subpage is detected, the acquisition subpage corresponding to the next information acquisition item can be automatically displayed to the user according to a preset display sequence, the next step of control can be lightened, the lightened next step of control is in a click effective state, and under the situation that the user clicks the next step of control, the acquisition subpage corresponding to the next information acquisition item is displayed to the user according to the preset display sequence.

In one embodiment provided herein, the application material comprises textual material and/or pictorial material; the text material can be manually input by a user or automatically input by a third-party platform according to personal attribute information associated in a user account, and if the text material is manually input by the user, the application material input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page is acquired, namely the text material and/or the picture material input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page is acquired.

As shown in fig. 3A, the arrival time, arrival airport, inbound flight number, return time, and departure flight number in the collection sub-page corresponding to the ticket information may be manually input by the user.

Through the manual input of the text material by the user, the authenticity and the accuracy of the text material are favorably ensured, and the verification efficiency of the application material is favorably improved.

In another embodiment provided in this specification, if the text material is automatically input by a third-party platform according to the associated personal attribute information in the user account, obtaining the application material input by the user based on the collection sub-page corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page may specifically be implemented by the following steps:

Specifically, if the text material is automatically input by the third-party platform according to the personal attribute information associated in the user account, the registered account of the user on the third-party platform needs to be obtained first, the personal attribute information of the user associated in the registered account is further obtained, and the item to be acquired in the acquisition subpage corresponding to the information acquisition item is automatically filled according to the personal attribute information, for example, the surname, the first name, the gender and the birth date waiting acquisition item in the acquisition subpage corresponding to the passport information in fig. 3C can be automatically filled by the third-party platform according to the personal attribute information of the user, and after the completion of the filling, the user confirms that the item is correct, and then the next operation can be performed.

According to the above example, the application place of the visa is the T country, and visa collection items required by the electronic floor visa of the application T country comprise air ticket information, passport information, accommodation information and the visa, wherein except that the materials required to be collected by the collection sub-page corresponding to the visa are picture materials, the materials required to be collected by the collection sub-page corresponding to other three information collection items comprise text materials and picture materials, the text materials can be manually input by a user, and can also be automatically input by a third-party platform according to the associated personal attribute information in the user account, no matter which way is adopted for input, after the input is finished, the information contained in the text materials and the picture materials needs to be compared, and the information is verified.

In an embodiment provided by the present specification, comparing the information contained in the text material and the picture material may specifically be implemented by the following steps:

Specifically, after a user inputs an application material based on a collecting sub-page corresponding to air ticket information, passport information and accommodation information, text information and picture information of the text material and the picture material in the application material are respectively extracted by a third-party platform, the text information and the picture information are compared, and whether the text information and the picture information are consistent is judged, for example, after the user inputs a text material (passport number E12345678, surname X, first name Y, gender woman and issue place B) based on the collecting sub-page corresponding to the passport information and uploads a passport cover and a personal information page, a nationality C of the passport cover, a surname X, a first name Y, a woman and a passport number E12345678 in the personal information page are identified by using a text identification algorithm, whether the issue place B in the text material belongs to C is judged, and the passport number E12345678, the surname X, the first name Y, the surname X, the gender woman and the gender in the identification result, and the passport number E12345678 in the text, If the name Y, the gender woman and the passport number E12345678 are consistent, and the comparison result is consistent after comparison, the third-party platform can send the application material to a visa service organization for material verification and wait for the verification result;

if the compared results are inconsistent, prompt information for checking or re-inputting the text material and re-uploading the picture material can be sent to the user.

The third-party platform firstly verifies the validity and correctness of the application materials uploaded by the user, and then sends the application materials to a visa service organization for material verification under the condition that the verification is passed, so that the verification efficiency of the application materials is improved.

In addition, under the condition that the third-party platform cannot acquire the personal attribute information associated in the user account, a user needs to manually input a text material to be collected, under the condition that both the text material and the picture material are input, the third-party platform respectively extracts the text information and the picture information of the text material and the picture material and compares the text information and the picture information, and if the comparison result is that the text information and the picture information are consistent, the picture information or the text information can be associated with the registered account of the user and stored.

In an embodiment provided in this specification, associating and storing the text information or the picture information may specifically be implemented by the following steps:

Specifically, if the text information and the picture information are not consistent, a prompt message for re-inputting the text material or the picture material is sent to the user.

Under the condition that the third-party platform cannot acquire the associated personal attribute information in the user account, the information manually input by the user is associated with the registered account of the user on the third-party platform and stored, and the stored information can be reused.

And 106, sending the application material to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification.

Specifically, since the visa is a endorsement or stamp on a passport or other travel documents held by a national or foreign citizen of a national authority to indicate the procedure of allowing the user to go in and out of the national border or go through the national border, when the user applies for the visa of a certain country, the application material of the user needs to be checked by a visa service organization of the country, and after the check is passed, the visa is issued to the user by the improved visa service organization.

In the embodiment of the specification, after acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page, the third-party service platform needs to send the application materials to a visa service organization of a visa application place for material verification and wait for a material verification result;

and the visa application place verifies the application materials of the user to obtain a verification result, the verification result is sent to a third-party platform, and the electronic ground visa verification state of the user is updated by the third-party platform according to the verification result.

And step 108, receiving a material auditing result returned by the visa service organization, and updating the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material auditing result.

Specifically, after the third-party platform sends the application materials of the user to a visa service organization of a visa application place, the third-party platform receives a material verification result returned by the visa service organization and updates the electronic floor visa application state of the user according to the material verification result; under the condition that a material auditing result returned by a visa service organization is not received, the electronic floor visa application state is updated to be an application submitted, the specific updating result is shown in fig. 4A, and a user can click a viewing record control in fig. 4A to view a historical electronic visa application record; under the condition that the material auditing result returned by the visa service organization is approved, the electronic floor visa application state is updated to be visa application success, the specific updating result is shown in fig. 4B, and a user can click the downloading control in fig. 4B to download the inbound preparation material; under the condition that the received material auditing result returned by the visa service organization is that the auditing is not passed, updating the electronic floor visa application state into visa application failure, wherein the specific updating result is shown in fig. 4C; under the condition that the received material auditing result returned by the visa service organization is that the material does not accord with the application condition, updating the electronic floor visa application state into the application returned state, wherein the specific updating result is shown in FIG. 4D, and a user can click the immediate additional recording control in FIG. 4D to additionally record the application material;

the download control of fig. 4B, i.e., the third party platform, provides an inbound preparation material download interface for the user through which the user may download electronic visas and inbound guidance material.

In an embodiment provided by the present specification, the downloading of the electronic visa by the user through the inbound preparation material downloading interface may be specifically implemented through the following steps:

Specifically, in visa service organization to the user's application material audit result of formation for the audit pass the condition, by visa service organization generates user's electron falls to the ground visa (two-dimensional code), and will electron falls to the ground visa and sends to the third party platform, and the immigration of user's accessible third party platform prepares material download interface and downloads electron falls to the ground visa.

The user directly downloads the electronic floor visa and prints on the third-party platform, and the printed electronic floor visa and the passport are carried in the immigration process for verification, so that the handling efficiency of the electronic floor visa is guaranteed, the required immigration time is reduced, and the user experience is promoted.

In an embodiment provided by the present specification, the downloading of the inbound guidance material by the user through the inbound preparation material downloading interface may be specifically implemented by:

Specifically, the visa service organization can generate the entry guide materials corresponding to the airports of the country in advance according to entry programs of different airports of the country, under the condition that the verification result generated by verifying the application materials of the user by the visa service organization is that the verification is passed, the visa service organization obtains the entry guide materials corresponding to the arrival airports of the user and sends the entry guide materials to a third-party platform, and the user can download the entry guide materials through an entry preparation material downloading interface of the third-party platform.

The visa service organization acquires the entry guide material corresponding to the arrival airport of the user and sends the entry guide material to the third-party platform, and the user downloads the entry guide material through an entry preparation material downloading interface of the third-party platform and refers to the entry guide material to enter the country, so that the entry guide material is beneficial to saving the time required by entry and improving the user experience.

In practical application, under the condition that the material auditing state returned by the receipt visa service mechanism is that the material is not in accordance with the application condition, the electronic floor visa application state is updated to be returned for application, and a material additional recording interface (an immediate additional recording control) is arranged on an electronic floor visa application state page, so that a user can click the immediate additional recording control to additionally record the application material.

In an embodiment provided in this specification, the additional recording of the application material may be specifically realized by the following steps:

Specifically, in the process that the visa service mechanism audits the application materials of the user, if the audit materials of the user are missing, missing or other conditions that the application materials do not conform to the application conditions exist, the visa service mechanism sends feedback information that the application materials do not conform to the application conditions to a third-party platform, the third-party platform updates the electronic floor visa application state of the user to be applied and returned according to the feedback information, provides a material additional recording interface (an immediate additional recording control) for the user, displays a material additional recording sub-page for the user when detecting that the user clicks the immediate additional recording control, and the user can determine the materials (text materials and/or picture materials) to be additionally recorded through the material additional recording sub-page and input the materials to be additionally recorded in the material additional recording sub-page;

after detecting that the user inputs all the materials to be recorded, the third-party platform sends the materials to be recorded to a visa service mechanism for secondary material verification, waits for a material verification result, and updates the electronic falling-place visa application state of the user according to the material verification result under the condition of receiving the material verification result returned by the visa service mechanism; under the condition that the material auditing result returned by the attendance and visa service organization is that the auditing is passed, updating the electronic floor visa application state to be visa application success, wherein the specific updating result is shown in fig. 4B, and a user can click the downloading control in fig. 4B to download the inbound preparation material; under the condition that the received material auditing result returned by the visa service organization is that the auditing is not passed, updating the electronic floor visa application state into visa application failure, wherein the specific updating result is shown in fig. 4C;

the specific implementation process is similar to the foregoing steps, and is not described herein again.

Under the condition that the information input by the user is inconsistent, the opportunity of information additional recording is provided for the user, the success rate of visa application is favorably improved, and the user experience is favorably improved.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present specification, a third-party platform may provide a visa application record query interface for a user, and when the user sends a visa application record query request through the visa application record query interface, the third-party platform presents an application record page for the user, and the user may perform record query or record deletion operation on the visa application record of the user in the T country through the application record page;

in an embodiment provided in this specification, the operation of querying for a record or deleting a record by a user may be specifically implemented by the following steps:

Specifically, the user may perform the visa application record query by clicking the application record control shown in fig. 2A to fig. 2E at the lower right, or may perform the visa application record query by clicking the viewing record control shown in fig. 4A, where a specific application record page is shown in fig. 5, information included in fig. 5 includes visa application time, a visa type, a visa application state, and a visa application flow sheet number, and the user may perform the application record detailed information query operation or the application record deletion operation on the application record page shown in fig. 5.

The embodiment of the specification provides an electronic ground visa application function for a user by utilizing a third-party platform, receives an electronic visa application instruction submitted by the user at the third-party platform aiming at a visa application place, and acquires application materials input by the user based on acquisition subpages corresponding to all information acquisition items in an information acquisition page; after the user will apply for the material input and accomplish, the visa service institution who sends application material to visa application place by the third party platform carries out the material and audits, need not the user and carries paper application material and sign under the line, has reduced the time that visa application process needs to be spent in a large number, has improved the efficiency of handling of visa application that falls to the ground.

Corresponding to the above method embodiment, the present specification further provides an embodiment of an electronic visa application apparatus, and fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of an electronic visa application apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present specification.

As shown in fig. 6, the apparatus includes:

the system comprises an instruction receiving module 602, configured to receive an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user for a visa application place, and display an information collection page according to the application instruction;

a material obtaining module 604, configured to obtain application materials input by the user based on the collection sub-pages corresponding to the information collection items in the information collection page;

a material sending module 606 configured to send the application material to a visa service organization of the visa application place for material verification;

and the updating module 608 is configured to receive a material auditing result returned by the visa service organization, and update the electronic visa application state of the user according to the material auditing result.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

a first interface providing module configured to receive the electronic visa returned by the visa service organization and provide an inbound preparation material downloading interface for the user in case that the electronic visa application status is updated to be successful in visa application;

the electronic visa downloading request receiving module is configured to receive an electronic visa downloading request sent by the user through the inbound preparation material downloading interface;

and the electronic visa display module is configured to download and display the electronic visa to the user according to the electronic visa downloading request.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

a second interface providing module configured to generate an inbound guidance material according to an inbound program of the visa application place and the arrival airport information of the user and provide an inbound preparation material download interface for the user when the electronic visa application state is updated to be successful in visa application;

an inbound guidance material download request receiving module configured to receive an inbound guidance material download request sent by the user through the inbound preparation material download interface;

and the inbound guidance material display module is configured to display the inbound guidance material to the user according to the inbound guidance material downloading request.

Optionally, the update module 608 includes:

the material supplement and record interface providing sub-module is configured to provide a material supplement and record interface for the user under the condition that the electronic visa application state is updated to that the application is returned;

the material supplement sub-page display sub-module is configured to receive a material supplement request sent by the user through the material supplement interface and display a material supplement sub-page to the user;

the to-be-supplemented material acquisition sub-module is configured to acquire the to-be-supplemented material input by the user based on the material supplement sub-page;

the to-be-supplemented material sending submodule is configured to send the to-be-supplemented material to a visa service mechanism for secondary material examination and verification under the condition that the to-be-supplemented material is detected to be input completely;

and the secondary material auditing result receiving module is configured to receive a secondary material auditing result returned by the visa service mechanism and update the electronic visa application state of the user according to the secondary material auditing result.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

the first operation detection module is configured to detect touch click operations of the user on different controls in the information acquisition page;

and the prompt information display module is configured to display prompt information corresponding to the information prompt function control to the user when the condition that the user clicks the information prompt function control is detected.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

the second operation detection module is configured to detect touch click operations of the user on different controls in the information acquisition page;

and the acquisition sub-page display module is configured to display the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items to the user according to a preset display sequence under the condition that the user clicks the immediate application control.

Optionally, the material obtaining module 604 includes:

the acquisition subpage display submodule is configured to display an acquisition subpage corresponding to the ith information acquisition item to the user according to a preset display sequence, wherein i belongs to [1, n ], n represents the total item number of the information acquisition items, and i and n are positive integers;

the judgment sub-module is configured to judge whether i is equal to n or not under the condition that the application material input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to the ith information acquisition item is detected to meet the preset condition;

if the execution result of the judgment sub-module is yes, the material sending module is operated under the condition that the user clicks the submission control;

and if the execution result of the judgment sub-module is negative, i increasing by 1, and returning to operate the acquisition sub-page display sub-module.

accordingly, the material obtaining module 604 includes:

and the material acquisition sub-module is configured to acquire text materials and/or picture materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page.

accordingly, the material obtaining module 604 includes:

the attribute information acquisition sub-module is configured to acquire the associated personal attribute information in the account information of the user;

the text material input sub-module is configured to input text materials to be filled in according to the personal attribute information on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page;

and the picture material acquisition sub-module is configured to acquire the picture materials uploaded by the acquisition sub-pages corresponding to the information acquisition items in the information acquisition page by the user.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

the first information extraction module is configured to extract the text information and the picture information in the text material and the picture material respectively;

the first judging module is configured to judge whether the text information is consistent with the picture information;

and if the execution result of the first judgment module is yes, operating the material sending module.

Optionally, the electronic visa application method further includes:

the second information extraction module is configured to extract the text information and the picture information in the text material and the picture material respectively;

the second judging module is configured to judge whether the text information is consistent with the picture information;

if the execution result of the second judgment module is yes, operating a storage module;

the storage module is configured to associate and store the text information or the picture information.

Optionally, the electronic visa application apparatus further includes:

the visa application record page display module is configured to receive visa application record viewing instructions submitted by the user aiming at visa application places and display visa application record pages according to the viewing instructions, wherein the visa application record pages comprise visa application time, visa types, visa application states and visa application flow single numbers;

the instruction detection module is configured to detect a touch operation instruction of the user acting on any visa application record in the visa application record page;

the information display module is configured to display detailed information of any visa application record if the touch operation instruction is a viewing instruction;

and the visa application record deleting module is configured to delete any visa application record if the touch operation instruction is a deleting instruction.

The above is a schematic scheme of an electronic visa application device of the present embodiment. It should be noted that the technical solution of the electronic visa application apparatus and the technical solution of the electronic visa application method belong to the same concept, and details that are not described in detail in the technical solution of the electronic visa application apparatus can refer to the description of the technical solution of the electronic visa application method.

FIG. 7 illustrates a block diagram of a computing device 700 provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present description. The components of the computing device 700 include, but are not limited to, memory 710 and a processor 720. The processor 720 is coupled to the memory 710 via the bus 730, and the database 750 is used to store data.

Computing device 700 also includes an access device 740, access device 740 enabling computing device 700 to communicate via one or more networks 760. Examples of such networks include the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), or a combination of communication networks such as the internet. Access device 740 may include one or more of any type of network interface, e.g., a Network Interface Card (NIC), wired or wireless, such as an IEEE802.11 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) wireless interface, a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (Wi-MAX) interface, an ethernet interface, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, a cellular network interface, a bluetooth interface, a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface, and so forth.

In one embodiment of the present description, the above-described components of computing device 700, as well as other components not shown in FIG. 7, may also be connected to each other, such as by a bus. It should be understood that the block diagram of the computing device architecture shown in FIG. 7 is for exemplary purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may add or replace other components as desired.

Computing device 700 may be any type of stationary or mobile computing device, including a mobile computer or mobile computing device (e.g., tablet, personal digital assistant, laptop, notebook, netbook, etc.), mobile phone (e.g., smartphone), wearable computing device (e.g., smartwatch, smartglasses, etc.), or other type of mobile device, or a stationary computing device such as a desktop computer or PC. Computing device 700 may also be a mobile or stationary server.

Wherein processor 720 is configured to execute the following computer-executable instructions:

The above is an illustrative scheme of a computing device of the present embodiment. It should be noted that the technical solution of the computing device and the technical solution of the above-mentioned electronic visa application method belong to the same concept, and details that are not described in detail in the technical solution of the computing device can be referred to the description of the technical solution of the above-mentioned electronic visa application method.

An embodiment of the present specification also provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the electronic visa application method.

The above is an illustrative scheme of a computer-readable storage medium of the present embodiment. It should be noted that the technical solution of the storage medium and the technical solution of the above-mentioned electronic visa application method belong to the same concept, and details that are not described in detail in the technical solution of the storage medium can be referred to the description of the technical solution of the above-mentioned electronic visa application method.

The foregoing description has been directed to specific embodiments of this disclosure. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing may also be possible or may be advantageous.

The computer instructions comprise computer program code which may be in the form of source code, object code, an executable file or some intermediate form, or the like. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording medium, usb disk, removable hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer Memory, Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), electrical carrier wave signals, telecommunications signals, software distribution medium, and the like. It should be noted that the computer readable medium may contain content that is subject to appropriate increase or decrease as required by legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction, for example in some jurisdictions, the computer readable medium does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunications signals as is required by legislation and patent practice.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simplicity, the foregoing method embodiments are described as a series of acts, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present embodiment is not limited by the described acts, because some steps may be performed in other sequences or simultaneously according to the present embodiment. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in this specification are preferred embodiments and that acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required for an embodiment of the specification.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The preferred embodiments of the present specification disclosed above are intended only to aid in the description of the specification. Alternative embodiments are not exhaustive and do not limit the invention to the precise embodiments described. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand and utilize the specification. The specification is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

Claims

1. An electronic visa application method is applied to a third-party platform and comprises the following steps:

acquiring application materials input by the user based on the acquisition sub-page corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page;

2. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, after the steps of receiving the material auditing result returned by the visa service organization and updating the electronic visa application status of the user according to the material auditing result are executed, further comprising:

3. The electronic visa application method of claim 2, after the steps of receiving the material auditing result returned by the visa service organization and updating the electronic visa application status of the user according to the material auditing result are executed, further comprising:

generating an inbound guidance material according to an inbound program of the visa application place and the arrival airport information of the user under the condition that the electronic visa application state is updated to be the visa application success, and providing an inbound preparation material downloading interface for the user;

4. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, after the steps of receiving the material auditing result returned by the visa service organization and updating the electronic visa application status of the user according to the material auditing result are executed, further comprising:

providing a material additional recording interface for the user under the condition that the application state of the electronic visa is updated to be that the application is returned;

receiving a material supplement request sent by the user through the material supplement interface and displaying a material supplement sub-page to the user;

5. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, wherein after the step of receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user for a visa application place and displaying an information collection page according to the application instruction is executed, and before the step of obtaining application materials input by the user based on collection sub-pages corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, the method further comprises:

6. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, wherein after the step of receiving an electronic visa application instruction submitted by a user for a visa application place and displaying an information collection page according to the application instruction is executed, and before the step of obtaining application materials input by the user based on collection sub-pages corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, the method further comprises:

7. The electronic visa application method of claim 6, wherein the obtaining of the application material input by the user based on the collection subpage corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page comprises:

8. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, the application material comprising textual material and/or pictorial material;

correspondingly, the acquiring the application material input by the user based on the acquisition subpage corresponding to each information acquisition item in the information acquisition page includes:

9. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, the application material comprising textual material and/or pictorial material;

10. The electronic visa application method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein after the step of obtaining application materials input by the user based on the collection sub-page corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, and before the step of sending the application materials to a visa service organization for material verification is executed, the method further comprises:

and if so, executing the step of sending the application material to a visa service organization for material checking.

11. The electronic visa application method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein after the step of obtaining application materials input by the user based on the collection sub-page corresponding to each information collection item in the information collection page is executed, and before the step of sending the application materials to a visa service organization for material verification is executed, the method further comprises:

12. The electronic visa application method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a touch operation instruction acted on any visa application record in the visa application record page by the user;

13. An electronic visa application apparatus, comprising:

14. A computing device, comprising:

a memory and a processor;

15. A computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, carry out the steps of the electronic visa application method of any of claims 1 to 12.